Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for February 17
Yesterday Tomorrow
| February 17, 1777 |
Battle of Fort McIntosh |
| February 18, 1777 |
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Georgia and the American Revolution
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| February 17, 1783 |
Georgia passes a new headright law. This law recognizes the grants made under the 1780 headright law
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Georgia headright grants |
| February 17, 1793 |
Alexander McGillivray dies
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| February 17, 1795 |
President George Washington, speaking about the Yazoo Land Act states "...These acts embrace an object of such magnitude and in their consequences may so deeply affect the peace and welfare of the United States..."
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Yazoo Land Fraud
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George Washington |
| February 17, 1897 |
Alice McLellan Birney, a native of Marietta, Georgia, organizes the National Congress of Mothers, which became the Parent Teachers Association
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Marietta, GA |
| February 17, 1936 |
Jim Brown born, St. Simons Island
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James Nathaniel 'Jim' Brown |
| February 17, 1951 |
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain, a movie based on a book of the same title by famed Georgia writer Cora Harris, starring Susan Hayward, William Lundigan and Rory Calhoun, is released. It was filmed in Georgia, including extensive work in White County (Helen, Cleveland and Nora Mill)
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White County, Georgia |
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Movies filmed in Georgia
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| February 17, 1964 |
Luke Appling inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown
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Luke Appling |
| February 17, 1980 |
Wise Blood, directed and starring John Huston based on a novel by Flannery O'Connor is released
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Flannery O'Connor |
| February 17, 2000 |
Doug Daft elected Chairman and CEO of Coca-cola
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Coca-Cola |
| February 17, 2010 |
Superintendent Beverly Hall appoints a commission to investigate charges of cheating at 58 Atlanta schools. |
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Atlanta School Cheating Scandal |
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